diacetic acid
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of diacetic acid
First recorded in 1880–85; di- 1 + acetic acid
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On house diet, containing about 90 grams of carbohydrate, she excreted 6.9% of sugar, with moderate acetone and diacetic acid reactions in the urine.
From The Starvation Treatment of Diabetes by Lewis Webb Hill
She never excreted much acetone or diacetic acid, and when she was discharged there was merely the faintest traces of these in the urine.
From The Starvation Treatment of Diabetes by Lewis Webb Hill
There had never been any diacetic acid in her urine, and only a trace of acetone.
From The Starvation Treatment of Diabetes by Lewis Webb Hill
On the ordinary diet of the ward she showed 8.7% sugar, no acetone or diacetic acid.
From The Starvation Treatment of Diabetes by Lewis Webb Hill
After the third day a moderate amount of diacetic acid appeared in the urine and continued.
From The Starvation Treatment of Diabetes by Lewis Webb Hill
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